Last update: Thursday 1 November 2012 [131 news items]
PVI expects EPD shipments to double in 2H09, says chairman
Jun 2, 15:05
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI) expects year-end holiday demand to double its EPD shipments in the second half of 2009...
PVI reaches agreement to acquire E Ink
Jun 2, 12:07
Prime View International (PVI) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink, a supplier of electronic paper display materials and intellectual property,...
PVI expects EPD shipments to more than double in 2009
May 27, 14:58
Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) expects its shipments of electrophoretic display (EPD) products to more than double in 2009 due to a continuing increase in demand, according...
PVI says to delay color EPD launch to 2010
May 7, 15:49
Prime View International (PVI) will push back the launch of color electrophoretic displays (EPDs) to 2010, as there are still barriers to achieving satisfying results, according to...
Qisda records 78% of 1Q09 revenues from LCD monitors
Apr 29, 15:40
Qisda shipped about 3.2 million LCD monitors in the first quarter of 2009, accounting for 78% of its NT$18.02 billion (US$539 million) in consolidated revenues. Front projectors and...
Apr 27, 16:55
Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) has reported first-quarter revenues of NT$1.8 billion (US$53.37 million), with operating loss of NT$16.06 million and loss of NT$400 million...
LG Display to vie for EPD orders from China vendors
Apr 23, 12:29
Korea-based LG Display (LGD) will reportedly offer lower-than-average prices for electrophoretic displays (EPDs) in order to land orders from China electronic reading device (e-book)...
Finetech Japan 2009: Delta showcasing e-paper solutions
Apr 16, 14:08
Delta Electronics is showcasing its electrophoretic display (EPD) products at the ongoing Finetech Japan from April 15-17, 2009.
Electronic reading device shipments may reach 3.5-3.8 million units in 2009
Apr 9, 14:07
Global shipments of electronic reading devices are estimated to reach 3.5-3.8 million units this year as makers and vendors aggressively make their way into the market, according...
PVI ramps up EPD production at China LCM plant
Apr 7, 16:46
Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) has shifted over half of the LCD module (LCM) capacity at its Yangzhou plant in China to produce electrophoretic display (EPD) modules...
PVI Taiwan production reaches full utilization
Apr 1, 16:53
Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) has already reached full utilization at its EPD (electrophoretic display) production lines in northern Taiwan and has extended production...
AUO takes major stake in EPD specialist SiPix
Mar 3, 14:44
TFT LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has taken more than 30% of US-based SiPix Imaging, becoming the biggest shareholder of the e-paper specialist.
PVI expects Kindle 2 to boost EPD shipments, sources say
Newswatch - Feb 27, 16:49
Despite weak demand hitting its TFT-LCD panel business, Prime View International (PVI) expects to see strong shipments of its electrophoretic displays (EPDs) as the company's largest...
PVI and Star World see sequential revenue drop
Feb 11, 15:36
Prime View International (PVI) and LCD module (LCM) specialist Star World Technology both saw revenues decline in January because of fewer working days and the sluggish economy that...
PVI to speed up transition to EPD production at Hydis
Feb 3, 01:00
Prime View International (PVI) is speeding up the transition to electrophoretic display (EPD) production at Hydis' 3G and 3.5G lines for larger size EPDs, according to market sourc...
PVI to mass produce color e-paper by the end of 2009
Jan 22, 16:39
Prime View International (PVI) will start mass production of flexible electrophoretic displays (EPDs) in the second quarter of this year, and color EPDs by the end of the year, according...
PVI to ship force sensing touch EPDs in 2Q09
Nov 13, 15:29
Prime View International (PVI) will soon start shipping TFT LCD panels and electrophoretic displays (EPDs) featuring force sensing touch technology developed by US-based F-Origin,...
PVI still digesting Hydis capacity, will break even in 2009
Nov 11, 17:07
While the Addison of Hydis' capacity has been a drag on the profit performance of Prime View International (PVI) since the company took over Hydis in July this year, due to low utilization...
PVI sees strong EPD shipment growth in 3Q
Nov 5, 11:33
Despite its net losses – mostly incurred from the recognition of Hydis Technology – in the third quarter, Prime View International (PVI) has reported strong growth in...
Slower growth may be trend in the flat panel market, DisplaySearch says
Oct 23, 11:18
DisplaySearch has indicated that flat panel shipment may grow slowly over the long term as the market reaches maturity.
EPD used in space mission may help open China market for PVI
Oct 8, 12:36
Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI) is seeing more interest in the China market for its electrophoretic displays (EPDs) after China's recent space mission carried an e-book...
PVI aims to become EPD specialist
Aug 19, 09:51
Prime View International (PVI) is gearing up its migration to becoming an electrophoretic displays (EPD) specialist from a small- to medium-size LCD panel supplier, according to PVI...
Panel supplier PVI's July sales up more than 11%
Aug 11, 11:57
Small-to- medium-size panel supplier Prime View International (PVI) has reported July revenues of NT$738 million (US$23.68 million), up 11.3% from NT$663 million in June, as demand...
PVI expects 10x growth in EPD market over next three years
Jul 31, 11:04
Despite a lackluster small- to medium-size TFT LCD panel market, demand for electrophoretic displays (EPDs) remains strong, and the EPD market is expected to grow 10 times over the...
PVI June sales rebound on EPD shipments
Jul 11, 10:42
Small- to medium-size panel supplier Prime View International (PVI) saw its June sales rebound 23% sequentially to NT$663 million (US$21.79 million) as demand for niche products,...
SiPix to launch electronic books by year end
Jul 3, 11:15
US-based SiPix Imaging, which develops electrophoretic display (EPD) technologies, expects to launch electronic books by the end of this year, according to the company.
CES 2011: Hanvon 9-inch, high-resolution WISEreader
Hanvon unveiled the Hanvon WISEreader E920, the large-screen, high-resolution e-book reader at CES 2011. The WISEreader features a 9.7-inch screen, 200 dpi resolution on an E Ink...
Photo: company, Jan 10.
BenQ limited edition nReader Young Guns
BenQ has launched a limited edition e-book reader, the nReader Young Guns, in collaboration with publisher Kadokawa Taiwan. The nReader Young Guns features 6-inch SiPix EPD, capacitive...
Photo: company, Jul 27.
Computex 2010: Hanwang Wi-Fi-enabled e-book reader, the WISEreader N618
Hanwang Technology, which markets its products under the Hanvon brand, is showcasing several e-book readers, including the latest WISEreader N618 at Computex 2010. The Wi-Fi-enabled...
Photo: Yvonne Yu, Digitimes, Jun 4.
Computex 2010: Qisda-made BenQ nReader
Qisda is showing the nReader K60 e-book reader that it manufactures for BenQ at the Computex 2010. The e-book reader uses a 6-inch SiPix EPD with capacitive touch function, 16 grayscale,...
Photo: Yvonne Yu, Digitimes, Jun 4.
Color EPD controller co-developed by Seiko Epson and E-Ink
Seiko Epson and E-Ink have announced a new jointly developed display controller IC for color EPD, the S1D13524. The S1D13524 is a high-performance EPD controller with a built-in...
Photo: company, May 20.
Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be...
Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.